Thought I would share what the DGR looks like under the hood while I was switching out bases.  I had both my Taboo and DGR in walnut bases and I wanted to see how the Black Victorian bases compared after I built one for my DGR to match the stock Taboo base. It’s nice and bad to have choices.

Back at Hereafter’s post #151- interesting to see inside.

Not much to it. It still seems zen to me to just build this into the amps. I will probably never buy one when it means adding another device.

Robert I hope you enjoy putting the JR. back in and listening. I tried again to do without the JR. by rotating my favorite rectifiers in. . . the JR. with all its trimmings and tunings I've done just is BETTER in the important ways, it's not going to be replaced by a rectifier in the amp.

I understand. If I weren't "retired" I would tire of all the tinkering and analyzing as well. And thank goodness I am only fooling with one system really these days.

I don't miss the systems and sounds I had those many years ago. . . my systems have improved so much, I've learned more about the music I love and music in general (and I played music in my thirties which taught me a lot) and I enjoy music even more, and exploring the genres I love has increased in passion and focus.

Truly it's hard to believe the quality sound I have and I cherish it--I wouldn't go back if I could (that is pretty much the same with all aspects of my life--growing to where I am now as a positive process and this is a comfy place).

My first exposure to the DGJr was amazing. Already good streaming became VERY good instantaneously then later implemented in an analog setup... boy oh boy!!!

Isolation continues to amaze me. I have heard improvement in solid state components, which I would have previously sworn was impossible.

Glad you guys are enjoying it as well!!

Hi Lon,
I have been interested in various different grounding blocks for a while but some are crazy expensive. These look like they are worth trying. To be clear, you are plugging the RCA into your amp and then anchoring the other end into a screw on your amp, not into the block. Is that right?

If so, why buy the block?

I have also seen these listed from an ebay store that has some very Decware looking XLR cables...

JHC,

I don’t know if you saw this thread:

https://www.decware.com/cgi-bin/yabb22/YaBB.pl?num=1743968457/0

But it is a good discussion of grounding boxes, a topic about which I was completely unaware previously.

In my experience, these things, when well done, can help. But many deal more with subtler noise, audible improvements, but maybe not dealing a lot as hum solvers. Having tried lots of stuff, including a lot of mineral based things similar to those used in many ground boxes, ground boxes, plugin filters, lots of care to power, direct power cleaning like regenerators and filter type power distributers, Verafi Audio noise filters, power filtering caps across the AC in gear, increasing filter capacity on the ground of my amp, cable geometry and shielding.....and no doubt more.... after getting some more efficient speakers (they say 99dB on the label) my biggest improvements for hum have come from weaker IC connections that need cleaning and tightening on occasion, and more, lately, tubes... in my case, using quads of EL34 or 6L6 types mostly, if one of those is noisy, the whole system is. Same with a pair of inputs, or of course if a rectifier is noisy.

This does not rule out the efficacy of any of these relatively transparent filters for more refined clarity to me, just some thoughts based on my experience.

FWIW I agree with Will and Lon. I think the effect from a ground box is likely much more subtle than what you are looking for, but for 20 bucks it is probably worth a shot. I’m interested in your experience if you pursue this.

Things that can improve the sound of the JR. perhaps even more are: fuses, isolation and power cables. Just sayin' . . . that is my experience. Great component, so transparent that you can haer all improvements.